GERMAN AIR RAIDS.
THE DAMAGE THEY DID.
FACTS IN A NEW BOOK.
LONDON, October 23.
A graphic story of deaths and damage in England is revealed by Captain Joseph Morris in his book “German Air Raids Over England—l9l4-18,” just published. It contains much hitherto unpublished information. It states there were altogether 52 raids, and 1413 were killed and 3408 wounded, of whom more than half were in London 670 killed and 1962 wounded.
The book exonerates the ex-Kaiscr of blame for the early raids and quotes official German records, revealing that AVilhcim directed the raids to be expressly restricted to the military, shipyards, arsenals and docks, but London itself was not to be bombed. The embargo only remained while London was apparently unreachable. Early raids proving the city’s accessibility, the •Kaiser officially sanctioned raids on London on July 20, 1915, the only restriction being that historic buildings were not to be bombed.
The year 1917 was the worst, when, as a result of 27 raids and 51 tons of bombs dropped, 655 were killed and 1553 injured.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 48, 27 October 1925, Page 5
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